About “Rap God”

In a Q&A with MSN Music Em was asked whether he felt like a Rap God or an underdog, to which he responded with:

I think everything switches back and forth from hour to hour, day by day with me. That whole “Rap God” record pretty much from top to bottom is tongue-in-cheek. So, I mean, do I want to feel like that? Maybe sometimes. Again, it goes back to everybody who competitively raps and does this for just purely the sport of it wants to be the best. Again, that’s why Kendrick’s verse worked so well, because he only said what every rapper’s already thinking. If you don’t want to be the best, then why are you rapping?

This song is currently the most viewed on Genius, and also landed Eminem a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records:

Does he believe in god?

Spirituality is definitely a part of that process. They tell you in recovery to pray to your higher power–God is my higher power and He always has been. I definitely pray a lot more than I used to. I don’t feel like I’m crazy wacky religious where I’m at church four days a week or anything like that–not to say that that’s a bad thing for anyone who wants to do that. But I do believe in God, and I do pray.